So far on this Dresden Files re-read of mine, I’ve liked all the books better (some significantly so). But this one gave me feeeeelings. I mean, I mostly remembered it for the Harry-goes-undercover-on-the-set-of-a-porno plot, so to say that these feeeeelings were unexpected was a bit of an understatement. So Harry goes undercover on the set of a porno! His White Court vampire acquaintance, Thomas, has asked him for a favor, to take the director on as a client, to protect the cast and crew from […]
It will be nice working with proper villains again
Not gonna lie, I first picked up this book based purely on the cover and those gorgeous black edges: Seriously, it’s one of the most beautiful books I’ve seen in a while. But every time I picked it up in store, I hesitated to buy it based on the fact that it’s set in the same world as Bardugo’s previous Grisha trilogy, which I haven’t read yet. So instead I bought Shadow and Bone – the first in that series and recommended by pretty much […]
“By Aladdin’s lamplit scrotum, man! Everything is a story. What is there but stories? Stories are the only truth.”
Practical Demonkeeping was Christopher Moore’s debut novel, and I’ve had my copy for approximately 20 years. I have a vivid memory of picking it out at this awesome discount bookstore by our house and convincing my mother to let me buy it. I was maybe 11. It was way too adult for me. But I loved it at the time, and have reread it several times since. I just found out that Moore wrote TWO sequels to it (!!) and when I recently found one at Half […]
Revisiting a foggily-remembered classic
Does it count as a reread if you don’t remember anything about the books? These have been on my shelf for years, but I remembered nothing but dragons. Aerin is a princess, but not the Disney variety. Her mother was a commoner and a witch, and the people of her father’s kingdom don’t like her much. She keeps to herself, feeling alone and useless, until one day she decides to take fate into her own hands and rides off to become a dragon hunter. She […]